Mohamed Salah Poses With Alessandra Ambrosio for GQ Middle East; Netizens Call for Equality Between Men & Women

The Arab world is often criticised by the world for its double standards especially towards women. According to a few of them, women are scrutinised immensely for their choices, unlike men. This time it was Liverpool star Mohamed Salah was the reason for the fury of the netizens. The Egyptian footballer who is the face of the sport in Egypt was named as the Man of the Year by GQ Middle East. As per the magazine, Salah represents "living proof of the power of positive thinking."Mohamed Salah Put on Special Training Ahead of Manchester United vs Liverpool, EPL 2019-20. 

So far so good. The footballer posed with famous TV personality Alessandra Ambrosio and Salah shared the snap on social media and this created quite a debate as the model was seen wrapping her arms around Salah. The snap is quite friendly and does not seem to hold any allusion. But then the netizens slammed the double standards followed by the people in Arab and said that had a woman from the country posed with a man like this, she would have faced the wrath of the society.

The netizens vented out their furry on social media. First, let’s have a look at the post shared by Salah.

Check out a few reactions below:

https://twitter.com/oldernihaad/status/1182943927311183873?s=20

Call for freedom

Yet another one

Double standards

Last one

Talking about Salah, the footballer is currently undergoing a special training ahead of their game against Manchester United. Salah had recently picked up an ankle injury during Liverpool vs Leicester City. Liverpool has remained unbeaten so far in the EPL 2019-20.

(The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Oct 16, 2019 12:09 PM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com).